SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Foundation
for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said today that the Sacramento
health reform debate has focused too much on what hospitals will pay in
fees for access to more patients, rather than what reform efforts will cost
consumers.

Yesterday, FTCR sent a letter to legislative leaders urging answers to
the question of whether there will be any limits placed on how much
individuals and employees will pay for the coverage they are required to
buy. Read FTCR's letter at:
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/pr/?postId=8467.

As written, Nunez's bill, AB 8, and a companion measure, AB 2, will
require employees to pay an unspecified amount for an insurance policy.
Nunez has stated in press reports that he may be willing to support a state
law requiring that all Californians buy coverage from private companies
without limits on price or guarantees on benefits.

FTCR said the fundamental flaw in the debate is focusing on the
medical-insurance complex's interests without no attention to how much
consumers and workers will be forced to pay for coverage and what that
coverage will provide. The fees on hospitals will be more than offset by
increased government payments for providing coverage to the uninsured. Yet
employees making over 300% of the poverty level will be forced to pay,
under Nunez's plan, up to 5% of their income for a health insurance policy,
and possibly many thousands of dollars more in high deductibles and
co-pays.

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